Portable motor-driven meat saw



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To all whom it may concern Be it known thet l, Wmmerr l-lnneumr Beuue'r'r, e citieen ot the llnited fitetes, re siding et Cherlotte, in the county of Flecklenburg end Stete ot l lorth Ueroline, heve invented e new endusetul Forteble lt lotor- Driven Meet Sew, of which the tollowing is e specificetion.

'l'he object of my invention is to provide en improved motor or power driven meet sew heving novel meens tor guiding its bend sew element, end heving novel pereting meens, end'novel meens tor edjueting the device end tor permittin ot chenging of the bend sew element en necessery. lit is e further object of my invention to provide novel tensioning meens tor the bend sew element; to provide novel brushes to;- cleening the bend sew; end to provide the novel combinetion end errengement of perts hereinet'ter described end shown in the eccompenying drewings, in which Figure l is e side elevetion oil my invention;

Fig. 2 is e verticel longitudinel section ot seine:

Fig. 3 is e top plen view; s

Fig. 4: is e horizontel longitudinel section on line 4-4: of Fig. 1;

Fig.' 5 is e verticel cross section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is e verticel cross section on line iii-ti of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is e verticel cross section on line 7-7 of Fig. 2, pertly in elevetion;

Fig. 8 is e deteil view pertly in section end pertly in elevetion of the drive connection;

Fig. 9 is e deteil perspective view ot the brushes end diegonel rollers for guiding the bend sew; end

Fig. 10 is e verticel longitudinel section of e form of my invention utilizing e chein drive.

Like numerels designete like perts in each of the severel views.

Referring to the eccompenying drewings ll provide a suitable sew frame 1, to which mein cesting is removebly mounted the cover plete 2 by suiteble meens such es screws 3. Mounted at opposite ends ot the mein lreme provide reletively lerge pulleys 4t on which e suitehle bend sew 10 is mounted The sheits or erles 5 of pulleys d ere driven trom some suiteble common source ct power such es the flexible shelts 6 shown in Fig. l which ere etteched to the worm 7, thet member being ectueted by. worm geer 8 etteched to the flexible drive shett 9.

in order to ohtein the most efiicient operetive connection between the bend sew 10 end the pulleys d I provide e suitable tension device et eech end ot the treme such es the edjusteble end resilient tension device it shown in Fig. 2. ll turther provide suiteble guide rollers 12 tor guiding the bend sew through the lreme 1 es shown in Figs. 2 end l0.

For the purpose ot ceusing the bend sew to trevel in e verticel or eligned position reletive to the seine when in use, l provide improved bend sew guiding meens consisting of e set otdiegonel rollers in proximity to eech pulley end between which rollers the bend sew trevels, es shown in Figs. 2, 4i end l0, end e plurality-0t verticel rollers 14L speced from the diegonel rollers, es shown in the seine views end in Fig. 1. ll turther provide horizontel guide rollers 15 mounted ebove rollers 1d to insure the proper horieontel elignment oi the bend sew elements. ll provide suitehle brushes 16 mounted in e suiteble brecket 25, such es shown in Fig. .9 for cleening the bend sew. 'llhetreme l is provided with e guerd portion 17 to permit of teking hold ot the" tremewithout denger ct cutting the hend on the bend sew. ll elso provide e hendle 1 heving e suiteble electric switch 19 for menuelly controlling power for driving the bend sew. ll elso provide esuiteble eye or hook 20 et the end of the treme opposite the hendle tor henging the sew up when not in use.

ll mey utilize e chein guide, such es shown in Fig. 10 consisting of the drive sprocket 21 end the driven sprocket 22 :trom the respective pulley shelts 5, es shown, these sprockets being operetively connected by e sprocket chein 23 which is guided over suiteble idlers 24L, es shown in the drewin. 'lhe flexible drive shett 9 is directly connected with one ot the pulley shetts 5.

The menner of using the sew will be obvious trom the drewings end es the treme will be mede olt" lightineteriel such es eluminum it mey be held simply by the hendle 18, or the guerd portion l? of the treme mey be gresped in the other hend. e power is "ill hill

till) turned on and off by the switch 19 on the handle 18. The resilient tension devices 11 insure frictional engagement of the band saw on the pulleys and efiicient driving of the band saw. The two sets of guide rollers, one diagonal and one vertical, at each end of the frame in roximity to each of the respective pulleys e ciently tilt from horizontal to vertical position for sawing without danger of unseating the band saw from the pulleys, and correct alignment of the operative portion of the saw is maintained by the horizontal pulleys 15. \Vhile the form of the invention herein disclosed is my preferred embodiment of the invention, I may make minor changes in the details of the device. without departing from the essential elements hereinafter claimed.

What I claim is: r

1. In a power driven portable hand saw, the combination of a frame, pulleys mounted at opposite ends of the frame, a saw band passing around the pulleys, and a plurality of guiding rollers near each end of the frame to guide the band saw into a plane with that of the pulleys, the guide rollers nearest the pulleys being disposed at an angle diagonal to the frame and the guide rollers nearer the center of the frame being disposed in alignment therewith.

2. In a power driven portable meat saw, the combination of a frame having a handle, pulleys mounted at opposite ends of the frame, flexible shafts operatively connected with the hubs of each of said pulleys, a common drive shaft with which said first mentioned flexible shafts are operat-ively connected, a band saw mounted on the pulleys, and an electric switch positioned in the handle of the frame for manually controlling the operation of the pulleys.

3. In a power driven portable meat saw, the combination of a frame having a handle, pulleys mounted at opposite ends of the frame, means for driving the pulleys from a common source of power, an electric switch positioned in the handle of the frame for manually controlling the operation of the said driving means, and a band saw mounted on the pulleys.

4. In a power driven portable meat saw, the combination of a frame, pulleys mounted at opposite ends of the frame, a saw band passing around the pulleys, and resiliently actuated tension devices positioned in proximity to the pulleys and resiliently exerting tional engagement on the tension on the saw band to hold it in friculleys.

5. In a portable power riven meat saw, the combination of a hollow elongated frame, pulleys mounted at opposite ends of said frame, means for simultaneously guiding the saw band element at each end of the frame from a plane transversely of that of the pulleys to a plane aligned with them, said means consisting of a set of diagonally positioned guide rollers, 21- set of guide rollers disposed in alignment with the pulleys, and a transversely disposed roller positioned above the rollers aligned with the' pulleys, whereby to positively guide the saw band to the desired position and preventing its leaving the pulleys.

6. In a portable power driven meat saw, the combination of a frame, pulleys mounted at opposite ends of said frame, means for simultaneously driving the pulleys from a common source of power, a plurality of guide rollers at each end of the frame for guiding the saw band into a plane in alignment with the pulleys, said rollers including a set of diagonally disposed guide rollers and a set of rollers disposed in alignment with the frame and pulleys and spaced inwardly from the diagonal rollers.

7. In a portable power driven meat saw, the combination of a hollow frame having a handle at one end thereof and having an eye member at the other end thereof, spaced pulleys mounted in the frame, a removable cover plate for permitting access to the band saw and to tension devices, resiliently actuated tension devices mounted within the frame and positioned adjacent the pulleys for holding the band saw in frictional engagement therewith.

8. In a portable motor driven meat saw, the combination of an elongated hollow frame, adapted to contain a band saw and tension devices, a removable cover plate for said frame, spaced pulleys mounted on the frame, means operatively connected with the respective pulleys for drivin same from a common source of power, sai means including a flexible main drive shaft, an end less saw band mounted on the pulleys, tension devices mounted within the frame and positioned in proximity to the pulleys and resiliently pressed against the saw band, and band saw guiding means.

WILLIAM HERBERT BENNETT. 

